USS Lexington (1776)

USS Lexington
USS Lexington by F. Muller
History
United States
NameUSS Lexington
Acquired1776
Fate
  • Captured by the British,
  • 19 September 1777
General characteristics
TypeBrig
Length86 ft (26 m)
Beam24 ft 6 in (7.47 m)
Complement110 officers and men
Armament
  • 14 × 4-pounder guns
  • 2 × 6-pounder guns
  • 12 × swivels
Service record
Commanders:
Operations: Battle of Turtle Gut Inlet

The first USS Lexington of the Thirteen Colonies was a brig purchased in 1776. The Lexington was an 86-foot (26 m) two-mast wartime sailing ship for the fledgling Continental Navy of the Colonists during the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783).